LC control no. 50041709 Type of material Rare Book or Manuscript Main title [Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]. Published/Created [South Germany, ca. 1410] Related names Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC » More like this Description [8] l. ; 42 cm. Contents leaf [1a] Earth and 7 planets.--leaf [1b] Zodiacal man.--leaf [2a-3b] Bloodletting charts of human body.--leaf [4a] Tower of wisdom (text in German).--leaf [4b] Drawing of man, called Microcosmus.--leaf [5b] Tree of virtue.--leaf [6a] Philosophy surrounded by the seven arts.--leaf [6a] Showing the evil power of women.--leaf [7a] Tree of Babylon (vice).--leaf [7b] Tower of wisdom (text in Latin)--leaf [8a] Continuation of leaf 6b.--leaf 8b Wheel of fortune. Notes Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th century woodcuts and block books. Label on cover: Die Kunst Ciromantia von Doktor Hartlieb ...1448, does not refer to this manuscript. For date and interpretation of the manuscript see the letter by F. Saxl, of April 5th, 1935, laid in. For other manuscripts of a similar type see his "A spiritual encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages: in Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institute, v. 5 (1942), p. 82 ff. References Rosenwald 4 Additional formats Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Subjects Drawing--15th century. » More like this LC classification Rosenwald Collection ms. no. 3 Language code ger lat Links